Guest TC01 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Last weekend whilst on our way to Dorset, the wife was cooking a meal for us to have on our arrival at our campsite. Unfortunately by the time we arrived most of the food was splattered all of the kitchen and what was left in the pans ended up on the floor when I drove the van up the levelling ramps. Does anyone know if there are any devices available for holding pots and pans still whilst cooking on the move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank Wilkinson Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Is this a joke? Can someone really be so stupid as to drive around with pots bubbling on a gas ring?Just imagine the fun you'd have in a severe crash when the boiling Lancashire Hotpot splattered all over the back of your neck, although to be fair you probably wouldn't notice it, as the pan, which had just struck you at 60 mph would have knocked your head off.Please tell me that you're winding us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzy Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I sincerely hope that this is a wind up? No sensible person would cook on the move ......... they would be contravening the seat-belt Laws to begin with and probably be liable for an 'un-safe' load too. It's better to make a casserole at home, decant it into a heat-saver container/flask so it can be carried safely. It only needs heating up in the microwave on your arrival at the camp site - much safer and cleaner; and why should *your wife* be cooking >:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixter Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 TC01 You and 'the wife' are either totally nuts or you have a very strange sense of humour, I look forward to finding out which. Vixter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empress Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Have heard of a woman who ironed while on the move. Am not sure whether that was true too. Empress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Madge Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Please don't mention the cruise control and making tea, that's been doing the rounds for years. 8-) Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TC01 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Thanks for your comments and advice; I’ll tell the wife no cooking while we’re travelling. Would it be ok if she were to prepare a salad without the hard boiled eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 This is one of the best laughs I've had in a while! This is funny, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Will admit to the wife putting the kettle on on the M25. It was stationary at the time and a cuppa makes it seem much more civilised! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 You'll never find out. If it's a joke he'll spoil by saying so, and if he was serious he'll be far too embarrassed now to admit it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Thats one of the funniest things i have heard of lateley the janet & John stories on wake up to wogan nearly have me running off the road with laughter in the mornings its a good job i was reading this sitting on the sofa a good laugh does you the world of good thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 As a talking point I would say it is possible to cook on the move and you can get the equipment to do it, just go down your local boat chandlerer, but saying that I've never been in a boat that stops as quick as a motorhome (lol) but I've cooked when rolling about a lot more than in any motorhome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan3956 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I watched the Grand Prix on the move and had to keep retuning the tv. I even tried to smoke a pipe on a motor bike ( no Ash trays fitted) Its got to be a wind up Road traffic act says you are carrying a passenger in a dangerous position dont mention pots and pans flying around lol Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan3956 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 IVE GOT IT MAGNETIC SAUCE PANS will be the way forward. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 [QUOTE]spartan3956 - 2006-11-09 8:15 PM IVE GOT IT MAGNETIC SAUCE PANS will be the way forward. Pete[/QUOTE] Nah! The passenger sits serene and belted at the motorhome dining table. Before him/her are two metal or ceramic plates of raw meat and vegetables. Beneath the plates is one of those plumber's heat resisting mats (you know, for soldering pipes against flammable substances). In his/her hands are a blowlamp, and a box of matches. Who needs cookers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I guess it would sort out the old egg problem... sunny side up or scrambled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixter Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 The Other Half says whats wrong with a "boil in the bag" meal stuffed in the radiator expansion tank or some jacket potatoes coked on the exhaust manifold- much better flavour than micro wave and free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John H Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi TC01, Have you ever thought of installing a bed in a fish & chip van? I've seen plenty of these driving around with either steam or smoke coming out of their chimney. You could make yourself a few bob as well, selling fish & chips to the other campers. I reckon it would go down really well on the Sandringham site. I just hope I never get the pitch next to you. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi TC01- You can only cook while on the move, in a Winniebago, and then when you crash, you claim compensation from them. or so the myth goes, I dont belive you did it, and if you did, God help us all on the roads! chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docted Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Its what they call fast food, be careful though you may get heartburn or other burns as a result. Docted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzy Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 My Dad used to cook baked potatoes in foil on the Austin 7 Manifold :-). Useful as hand warmers if we broke down which cars did a lot in those days *-) I remember him under the bonnet or changing a wheel more often than the journeys themselves :-) Now - would this person put their head above the parapet? Wouldn't this have been better kept until 1 April :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I don't see a problem with cooking on the move, Worse things happen at sea, and most boats come with cruise control as standard (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 In theory I suppose you could link an electric slow cooker up to an inverter linked to the leisure battery (which of course is charged up whilst on the move). You could then stick your veggies, meat etc in the pot and by the time you got to your destination a few hours or so later, it would be cooked and you'd have a nice easy meal. You'd have to make sure it was well secured somewhere and of course you'd have to suffer the lovely aromas whilst it cooked which would tease you for hours ...!!! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Dwight Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Mel, The idea of a slow cooker is not so daft, you could use a 12v model. Many yeara ago I think it was tomorrows world programme tried to cook a meal wrapped in foil, on the manifold whilst the vehicle was on a long journey. I have a feeling it was'nt very successful. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertractorman Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 The only thing I have ever cooked on the move was a Head Gasket, but it was too tough to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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